Re: birding-aus Replacing railways

Ian Montgomery wrote:
>
> Michael Norris wrote (concerning Noisy Miners)
>
> <<<Please start replacing your roads and railways with understorey
> and small trees as soon as possible.>>>
>
> That might discourage Indian Mynas too: there is a pair nesting in the
> supports for the overhead powerlines near Woy Woy station (Central Coast
> NSW). You can't help but admire them, though: the nest site is less
> than 2 metres above train height on the busy Newcastle line.
>
Recently I have been seeing mynas 50+ metres in from the edge of my
local woodland/dry schlerophyl forest. I'm not sure if this represents
some form of adaption or not.
Regards, Laurie.
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